Typographical machine



Dec. 28, .1937. FREUND I 2,103,980

TYPOGRAPHI CAL MACHINE Filed Feb. 26, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ASP 76277 Kaela/7d ATTORNEYS Dec. 28, 1937. FREUND TYPOGRAPHICAL momma:

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 26, 1937v ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1

UNITED s AT amt TYPoGItAPHiQAn MACHINE 1 'HermanJR. Freund, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn,

poration of New York Application February 26, 1937, sesame. izatcs j 3 V 12' Claims. (01. 199 -45) The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machinesand more especially to those of the classshown and described generally in U. S. Letters Patent No. 436,532, granted Sept. ,16, 1890, wherein ,characterebearing mat-* rices are stored in channeled magazines in the machine and, when released, fall through assembling means to an assembling point toforr'n a composed matrix llneior-presentation to a slug casting mold, the matrices being isubsequently carried to a distributing, mechanismwhich re-' turns: them to their proper storage; channels in the magazine from which they were drawn.

The invention 'relatesimore particularly to machines of this general class which are constructed to carry a plurality of matrix magazines each containing matrices of a different font, the magazines being inclined and arranged insuperposed relation to form a column or stack which may be shifted to present one ;or 7 another magazine in operative relation to the usual assembling and distributing mechanismsin the machine. Itre- I lates, moreover, to such plural magazine ,ma-- chines whether provided with single assembling and distributing means for cooperation with only one magazine at a time, as the sc -called nonmixer machines for straight matter composition, or with assembling. and distributing means such, for example as assembler guideways and two distributors for simultaneous cooperation with two magazines, as in machines of the so -called mixer type for composition requiring mixed type faces in the same line. 1 v, I

' In machines of the so-called non-mixer type,

.3 the devices which shift and control the-location of the magazine column are so constructed that each adjacent magazine is presented successively to the single assembling and distributing means.

For machines of the so-called 'mixer type containing four matrix magazines in the column, two

distinct forms of construction have been pro, posed, one form being constructed with a capacity for presentation ofonly'the upper pair. and the lower pair of magazinesto the doubleassem bling and distributing devices and the. other with p a capacity for the presentation of 'each' adjacent pair of magazines to such assembling and'distributing devices. 7

The primary object of the present invention is I e to combine in a single machine, w hether'of-the non-mixer or the mixer, type, the dual capacity whereby the column of magazines may be shifted, atthe will of the operator, to present either each adjacentfmagazine or pair of magazines or non-adjacent magazines or pairs therelit) chine With which it would normally become as-' the lower end of the magazine column is guided of to the assembling and distributing devices. I For example, the present invention aims to enable, in a non-mixer machine containing at least three magazines, the selection for use of.

eitheradjacent or non-adjacent magazines as; desired, and in mixer machines containing at 'least four magazines, the ,selection for use of either adjacent or non-adjacent pairs of magazines as may be desired. This dual capacity for the selection of magazines results not only in "a 10 t 7 more flexible machinebutalso aids the operator, it being evident that if shifts can bemade directly to the particular matrix fonts required, whether they be located in adjacent or non-adjacent magazines in the column, time can be saved. and, moreover confusion of the operator or inadvertent selection of a wrong magazine is mini-- mized. To attain theseresults, the present invention 1 provides controlling means, settableat the will of the operator and which, according to its setting and during the; shifting of the column of magazines, permits the magazine column to assume operative positions corresponding to adjacent 'magazines 'or adjacent pairs thereof or 25 causes'the column to shift directly from one operating position to a non-adjacent one without assuming an intermediate position or moving into operative relation with the parts of the ma- 30 sociated in such intermediate position. More specifically and as shown in the present instance,

a cam memberis provided on which the lower end of themaga'zinecolumn rests and by which during its shifting movements, said cam member normally providing as many successive magae zine locating positions asthere' are magazines or magazine pairs in the column, anda controlling selector or switch is associated with saidv cam operator, will render inoperative at will interme diate positioning of the magazines, thus guiding the magazine column during the shifting opera tion'directly into only such non-adjacent oper-- ating positions as may be desired. I

In the accompanying drawings:-

- Figure 1 is ,a side elevation of the upperpor tionof a'typographical machine of the'class here inbefore referred to,.the1present invention being, shown applied to a shiftable column of. four "magazines, the uppermost pair of magazines being shown in operative position. Y I Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section and on an enlarged scale, showing the controlling 5.

0 member which, when appropriately set by the selector in operative position and the column of magazines in cooperation therewith duringthe magazine shifting operation.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but shows the selector in inoperative position and the column of magazines located to present the middle pair thereof in operative position and Figure 4 is a partial section taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2, looking forwardly or in the direction of the arrows.

Similar parts are designated by-the same reference characters in the several figures.

In the drawings, l, 2, and 3 represent stationary parts of the main frame of a typographical machine of a usual and well known form, and 4 represents so-called side brackets rigidly secured to the main frame member 5, one of these brackets being provided at each side of the machine. The parts just described constitute the frame of the machine which supports the shiftable column of magazines, and 5 and 6 represent usual forms of assembler front and distributor mechanism respectively, the arrangement being such that by shifting the magazine column on the supporting brackets 4, a magazine or a pair of magazines at a time may be brought into operative relation with the assembler front and distributing mechanism.

Theinvention, for purposes of illustration only, is shown in the present instance applied to a machine of the.mixer type, providedwith four magazines I and double assembling and distributing mechanisms. The magazines I are each carried, in an inclined position, on a frame 8, these frames being secured together in spaced relation by upper and lower tie-plates 9 and I respectively, the superposed magazines constituting the magazine column, together with their supporting frames and connecting tie-plates constituting a magazine unit which is shiftable forwardly and rearwardly in the main frame of the machine. The magazine unit is supported in the machine by a pair of rollers! l journalled on stub shafts l2 at each side of the magazine unit, the

stub shafts being secured to and projecting laterally from the outer sides of the lowermost frame 8 and about midway in the length thereof, the rollers i i riding on tracks l3 formed on the upper edges of the respective brackets 4 and thereby supporting the magazine column, and the lower end of the magazine column rests freely on a cross shaft M on each end of which is secured a pinion l5, one on each side of the magazine unit, these pinions engaging toothed racks IS on the respective brackets 4. The magazine column may be shifted along the tracks l3 and toothed racks l6 by a chain gearing enclosed in. housings I"! and IS, the housing being mounted near its forward end on a pivot l9 so that it may swing freely in a vertical plane with respect to the machine frame 3, and the housing I1 is pivotally connected to the housing l8 by a shaft 20 which permits the adjacent ends of the housings I! and I8 to swing freely relatively to one another in. a vertical plane, the upper end of the housing 18 being pivotally mounted on the shaft l4 so that it may swing about said shaft as an axis. In using such means for shifting the magazine column, turning of a handle 2| connected to a sprocket wheel Zi around which the chain gearing passes causes rotation of the shaft M. The shaft I4 is connected at each end to the respective stub shafts l2 by links 22, one at each side of the magazine unit. Rotation of the shaft 4 will cause the pinions l thereon to travel forwardly or rearwardly along the respective racks l6 and, through the agency of the connecting links 22 between the shaft l4 and the shafts 12, the magazine column will be moved forwardly or rearwardly on the supporting brackets 4 until the usual lugs 23 on the magazine frames 8 come to rest on locating blocks 24 secured to the inner sides of the brackets 4, said lugs and locating blocksserving to sustain the magazine column in position to accurately present the desired magazine or pair of magazines in proper cooperative relation with the assembling and distributor devices.

The construction thus far described is similar to that disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No.

1,650,552 granted November 22, 1927 and is well known in commercial machines of this class. In the present instance however, the shaft l4 serves merely to impartv forward and rearward movement to the magazine column resting freely on it since it does not lift the forward end of the magazine column, as in said patent. It will be understood however that in using magazines of the kind herein Sh0WI1,WhiCh have their matrix releasing escapements 25 set back somewhat from their lower forward ends, it is necessary to lift the lower forward end of the magazine column sufiiciently high during the shifting operation to allow the lower ends of the magazines to clear the usual escapement actuating reeds 26 in the main frame. in the present instance a pair of cam blocks 21, one secured on the inner side of each of the brackets 4, and cooperating rollers 28 are provided on the lower tie-plates ID at each side of the magazine unit, the rollers 28 being positioned above and adapted to ride on. the respective cam blocks 21.

With this construction, when the column of magazines is shifted forwardly or rearwardly, the rollers 28 on the magazine unit, unless otherwise directed, will follow the contour of the cam blocks 27, and these cams are each provided with a pair of lobes 2! which provide a depression 21* between them and also depressions 2i and 27 at their forward and rear ends respectively. Each of these cam blocks thus provides, in the present instance, a series of three depressions to receive the respective roller 28, the different positions of this roller with respect to the cam block being designated A, B, and C respectively. When the uppermost pair of magazines are in operative relation with the double assembler front 5 as shown in Fig. l, at which time the upper ends of this pair of magazines will be in operative relation with the distributor mechanism 6, the rollers 28 will occupy the rear position A on the cam blocks 21. When the middle pair of magazines is in operative relation with the assembler front 5 and distributor 6, the rollers 28 will occupy the middle position B on the cam blocks 21, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 3, and when the lowermost pair of magazines in the column are in operative relation with the assembler front and distributor mechanism, the rollers 28 will occupy theforward position C as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Preferably, the rollers 28 do not rest in contact with the cam blocks 21 while in any of the positions A, B or C but lie slightly out of con tact therewith in order that the selected magazine or magazines will be firmly and accurately seated in operative position by the usual positive engagement of the lugs 23 on the magazine unit with the locating blocks 24 on the main frame.

For this purpose, there is provided I It mayalso be pointed outthat inthe particular 1 construction shown, the magazinesl which rest on the respective frames 8, are slidable'rear wardly thereon, and the lower magazine of the pair selected for use is slid rearwardly on its frame tosome extent before each column shifting operation and then slid forwardlyat the completion of such operation. Thus, in Fig. '3, the lower maga'zine ofthe' middle pair-is shown by the dotted lines in the rearward position and will be slid forwardly on itsgframeas'a final step in completing the shifting operation, to

7 bring this magazine into working relation with itschannel of the assembler, front. Since this sliding movement of the magazines on their frames, however, is merely occasioned by the particular form of matrix escapements and actuating reeds shown and has no material importance so far as the present invention'is concerned it is deemed unnecessaryto explain the details of any specific construction that may be suitable for the purpose.

It will be understood that'the'cam blocks 2'! provide ,as many successive magazine locating positions A, B and C as there are adjacent pairs of magazines in the column. According to the present invention; a controlling selector or switch 29 is associated with each of the, cam blocks 21, these selectors or switches being mounted to swing vertically on pivot pins 30 which may be secured to and project inwardly from therespece vtive brackets 4, whereby ithesei selectors or switches may be thrown into and-out of 'cooperation with seats 2! formed in the upper portions of the lobes 21 of the respective cam blocks 21.

As shown in Figure 3, the selector or switch 29 on the right hand bracket 4 is shown in inactive position and when both selectors or switches occupy such position, the rollers 28 on the magazine unit are free to follow the entire a contour of the respective cam blocks 21 and occupy any of the three magazine locating positions A, B or C. In Figure 2 however,.the selector or switch 29 is shown in activeiposition, it resting on the seats 3| on the respective cam V blocks 21, and when the selectors or switches, 00-

, cupy such position, they serve in efiect tobridge the depressions'Z'I in the respective cams, that i is, the portion of thejcam contour which the roll ers 28 would ordinarily follow in assuming the middlemagazine locating position B. It will be seen from Figs. 3 and 4 that the portions of the lobes 27 of the camblocks above the seats 3! are reduced in width to accommodate the selectors or switches 29, thus allowing the latter, when in active position as shown-in Figs; 2 and 4, to

lie in the paths of the respective rollers 28. .Also,

the portions 32 and 33 of the selectors or switches 29, which portions lie adjacent respectively to the. foremost and rearmost slopes of the cam-lobes 21 conform to the contour of these portions of the cam blocks.-

' In operation, when the selectors or switches 29 are set in active position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the rollers 28 on the forward portion of the magazine unit will follow the cam blocks 21 only along the foremost and rearmost slopes thereof, these rollers travelling between these slopes along the selectors or switches 29. Thus, when the column of magazines is shifted from the rear posi': tion A- of the rollers 28, which corresponds to the operative position of theiupper pair of magazines, the selectors or switches 29 will prevent' '7 the rollers 28 from assuming the middle position 13 corresponding to theoperative position of the middle magazines or the adjacent magazines of the upper and lower. pairs, the selectors or switches 29 thus 'servingto guide the magazine column directly from a position in which the upper pair of magazines'are in operative position to a position in which the lower pair of magazines are in operative position, the rollers 28 mo-v-' .ing directlyfrom the position A to the non-ad- 'jacentposition C. Thus, by merely setting or in which the magazinesare brought in pairs into operative relation with the assembler and distributor means, the invention is also applicable, j

as hereinbefore stated, to. so-called non-mixer machines in which the magazines are brought singly into operative relation with the assembling and distributor means, in which case the assem-.

bler front and distributor mechanism would be single instead of double for cooperation with each magazine singly as it is brought into operas tive position.

I claim as my invention:

' l. A typographical machine comprising a I frame supporting matrix assembling means, a

magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines, said unit being shiftable'relatively to said frame, means for guiding the magazines to bring one or another thereof, in a predetermined order, into operative relation with said assembling means, and means operable at will and cooperable with said guiding means to bring certain of the magazines in a different order, into operative relation with said assembling means.

2. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazineunit containing a plurality of superposed matrix magazines and shiftable to bring one or another of the magazines into position for use, means for guiding the magazines to bring them, in predetermined order during shifting of said unit, into operative relation with said matrix assembling means, and means controllable at Will and cooperable with saidguiding means to prevent the bringing of certain of the magazines into such operative relation.

3. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a plurality of superposed matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means for guiding the magazines, during the shifting of said unit, to bring them in successive order into operative relation with said assembling means, and means controllable at will and cooperable with said guiding means to prevent certain of said magazines from assuming operative relation with the assembling means.

4. -A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means for cooperation with a pair of matrix magazines, a magazine unit containing a plurality of pairs of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame,

means for guiding the magazines during the shift ing of said unit to bring the pairs of the magazines and adjacent magazines of saidipairs'into operative relation with said assembling means, and means controllable at will for preventing said adjacent magazines of the pairs from assuming said operative relation.

5. A typographical machine comprising a frame supportingmatrix assembling means for cooperation with a pair of matrix magazines, a magazine unit containing a column of upper and lower pairs of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means for guiding the magazines during the shifting of said unit to allow one pair of said magazines, the adjacent magazines of said pairs and the other pair of magazines to successively assume operative relation with said assembling means, and means controllable at will and cooperable with said guiding means to prevent said adjacent magazines of said pairs from assuming said operative relation.

6. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means including a cam having portions for positioning the magazines successively in operative relation With said assembling means during the shifting of said unit, and a device cooperable with said cam to render a portion thereof inoperable.

7. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means including a cam having a series of portions for guiding the magazines to and from operative relation with said assembling means, and means controllable at will and operable to render one of said guiding portions of the cam inoperable.

8. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means including a cam having a series of depressions therein for raising and lowering the matrix discharge ends of the magazines to guide them to and from operative relation with said assembling means, and means settable at will into position to bridge one of said depressions.

9. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, means including a cam having a series of depressions therein for guiding the matrix discharge ends of the magazines to and from operative relation with said assembling means, and a switch settable into cooperation with said cam to render an intermediate depression therein inoperable.

10. A typographical machine comp-rising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines and shiftable relatively to said frame, a cam on said frame having a series of depressions therein and. a part on said magazine unit cooperative with said cam for positioning the matrix discharge ends of the magazine in operative relation with said assembling means during the shifting of said unit, and a switch mounted adjacent to said cam and movable at will into bridging relation with a depression therein to guide said part on the magazine unit idly past said depression.

11. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines in inclined position, means mounted to ride on said frame for supporting the magazine unit for shifting movement relatively to the frame and also for pivotal movement about an axis approximately midway of the length of said unit, supporting members on the magazine unit below said axis, and cams mounted on the frame at opposite sides of the magazine unit and having portions on which said supporting members ride for guiding the lower ends of he magazines to and from operative relation with said assembling means.

12. A typographical machine comprising a frame supporting matrix assembling means, a magazine unit containing a column of matrix magazines in inclined position, means mounted to ride on said frame for supporting the magazine unit for shifting movements relatively to the frame and also for pivotal movement about an axis approximately midway of the length of said unit, a rotatable shaft mounted shiftably in the frame and having means thereon cooperative with the frame for effecting said shifting movements, links coaxially connected to said shaft and to said pivotal supporting means for the magazine unit, means mounted on the supporting frame and cooperative with said rotatable shaft for' guiding the lower endsrof the magazines to and from operative relation with the assembling means, a pair of pivotally jointed members, one pivoted coaxially of said rotatable shaft and the other extending to the front of the machine and pivoted on the frame, gearing supported by said members and connected to said rotatable shaft for operating it, and means located at the front of the machine for operating said gearing.

- HERMAN R. FREUND. 

